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package org.jdom2.adapters;

import org.jdom2.DocType;
import org.jdom2.JDOMException;
import org.jdom2.output.DOMOutputter;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * Defines a standard set of adapter methods for interfacing with a DOM parser
 * and obtaining a DOM {@link org.w3c.dom.Document org.w3c.dom.Document} object.
 * Instances of this interface are used by the {@link DOMOutputter} class to
 * create a DOM output result using the org.w3c.dom.Document implementation
 * returned by these methods.
 * <p>
 * You should never need to implement this interface unless you have a specific
 * need to use something other than the default JAXP-based mechanism.
 * <p>
 * JDOM only provides one 'concrete' implementation of the DOMAdapter: the
 * {@link JAXPDOMAdapter} class. That implementation is a thread-safe and
 * efficient implementation. It can be used as a template for building your own
 * custom DOMAdapter implementation, if you need it.
 * <p>
 * The {@link AbstractDOMAdapter} class could help you by implementing the
 * DocType-based method which leverages the base createDocument() method.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Special note for implementation of DOMAdapter</strong>: For backward
 * compatibility with JDOM 1.x (which allows a class-name to be used to specify
 * a DOMAdapter in the DOMOoutputter class), it is required that your
 * implementations of DOMAdapter have a no-argument default constructor. If you
 * require a constructor argument then you have to ensure that you use the
 * correct (non-deprecated) mechanisms on DOMOutputter to specify your custom
 * DOMAdapter.
 * 
 *
 * @author  Brett McLaughlin
 * @author  Jason Hunter
 */
public interface DOMAdapter {

	/**
	 * This creates an empty <code>Document</code> object based
	 * on a specific parser implementation.
	 *
	 * @return <code>Document</code> - created DOM Document.
	 * @throws JDOMException if an error occurs.
	 */
	public Document createDocument() throws JDOMException;

	/**
	 * This creates an empty <code>Document</code> object based
	 * on a specific parser implementation with the given DOCTYPE.
	 *
	 * @param doctype Initial <code>DocType</code> of the document.
	 * @return <code>Document</code> - created DOM Document.
	 * @throws JDOMException if an error occurs.
	 */
	public Document createDocument(DocType doctype) throws JDOMException;
}
